Peter As you say, there is quite some liklihood that the name might well - in common with almost every other 'different' name - be misspelt, given the fact that the information was written and not typed in the original. I find, as a transcriber, that it pays to know the area and its many surnames; but the 1901 Census was not transcribed like that, so even quite reasonable handwriting can produce the weirdest results. I suppose that is the penalty for trying to get the 1901 out in the shortest possible time: it took ten years before the 1881 Index was produced. It might help if you were to give us the whole family as you know it. When were the members born? Would they have been of marriageable age at some time near the 1901 Census: if so then a date might be forthcoming from the certificate. Did any member die in that timescale - again a certificate would give a clue as to where they lived. This hobby is very much a detective one. It always pays to go out on a limb, and not to get too tied down with the census returns, I find. Hope this helps. Yorkshire was the largest county in area, and there would have been millions of people living there in 1901. Peter Shearan ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com